Well, spell advice once again. I`m a bit baffled by the detect evil spell and the repercussions on clerics. I`m about to pit a paladin of Cuíraecen (a PC) against a neutral evil cleric (NPC) of the same deity. The paladin will almost certainly use its detect evil ability against the cleric at some point. What happens?

According to the Class description of the Cleric, "A cleric of a chaotic, evil, good, or lawful deity has a particularly powerful aura corresponding to the deity`s alignment". Well does that mean that the cleric has a good aura because his god is good even though he himself is evil? Or if he still has an evil aura how strong is his aura? He is certainly no "cleric of an evil deity", but he is an "evil creature" according to the description of the detect evil spell.



A few notes: The Core rules do not allow a NE cleric of a CG deity, the 2nd edition Book of priestcraft does allow NE clerics of Cuíraecen and the BRCS does at least allow CE clerics of this god. however the problem also exists for neutral clerics of good or evil deities (do they have an aura?) and vice versa.